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November 18, 2011
Peer to Patent Project; A Community Review Process

August 4, 2011
The Revival of Mental Maps

Recently, a team of students from the School of Information at University of California in Berkley, working on their final master project, enlisted the help of San Fransisco residents to find out how people see vs. imagine their city. The purpose of this research? To discover whether an age old process in planning, such as Mental Mapping can be combined with today’s digital mapping tools tools (ie: GIS ) to create a balance of accuracy and precision, truth and objectivity using unconventional combinations of techniques and imagination that comes from access to “local' knowledge of any respective place.

July 29, 2011
CMAP's Local Technical Assistance Program

May 14, 2011
Open Data from Open Knowledge Foundation

A short film about #opendata from the Open Knowledge Foundation. For more information, see: opengovernmentdata.org.

April 3, 2011
EngagingPlans has ambitious plans for the spring and a special offer for planners

On a personal note, we have a busy three weeks planned for EngagingPlans: Attend the American Planning Association (APA) conference in Boston (April 9 - 12).

October 23, 2010
Where Good Ideas Come From
October 21, 2010
Challenging the People with Challenge.gov

Earlier this month the website challenge.gov went live to the public.  A forum for citizen engagement, Challenge hopes to turn the typical participatory paradigm on its head.  Bev Godwin, director of new media and citizen engagement at U.S. General Services Administration equates it to the next form of citizen engagement; going beyond participation to co-creation.  

Earlier this month the website challenge.gov went live to the public.  A forum for citizen engagement, Challenge hopes to turn the typical participatory paradigm on its head.  Bev Godwin, director of new media and citizen engagement at U.S.

September 21, 2010
Cultivating Innovation

Here at Engaging Cities, we love to tout the possibilities that public participation and collaboration can provide for planning. With the goal of innovation in mind, how can we better stimulate the great minds of people collaborating to make great things happen?  As it turns out, some of the experts at the Harvard Business Review have a few suggestions.  First on their list is meeting people’s needs.

September 9, 2010
Manor Labs

It’s not often that one is able to use the words ‘research and development’ when describing new initiatives within their local government.  If you’re one of the lucky 6,500 people living in Manor, Texas, research and development just entered a new era.  This small community on the outskirts of Austin has partnered with Stanford University’s Peace Dot Project to create Manor Labs, the official research and development division of the City of Manor.

It’s not often that one is able to use the words ‘research and development’ when describing new initiatives within their local government.  If you’re one of the lucky 6,500 people living in Manor, Texas, research and development just entered a new era.  This small community on the outskirts of Austin has partnered with Stanford University’s Peace Dot Project to create Manor Labs, the official research and development division of the City of Manor.